Paint Media
Multiple Dates Available (See Above)
Class Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
With Tutor: Marc Hill
This hands-on, two-day intensive weekend workshop is suitable for all levels and introduces artists to six major paint mediums through practical experimentation and guided comparison. Participants will explore how different binders, surfaces, and drying times affect color, texture, and expression.
Rather than focusing on finished works, the workshop emphasizes material understanding, historical context, and informed artistic choice.
What Will You Learn?
- Understand the fundamental differences between paint mediums, including oil, acrylic, watercolour, tempera, casein, and distemper
- Learn how binders, pigments, and surfaces interact to affect color, texture, and durability
- Gain hands-on experience applying traditional protein-bound paints such as egg tempera and casein
- Explore the unique handling properties of each medium, including drying time, opacity, transparency, and reworkability
- Develop strategies for layering, glazing, and surface preparation across multiple mediums
- Compare historical and contemporary painting techniques and understand why artists choose specific materials
- Identify which mediums best support your personal imagery, workflow, and conceptual goals
- Build a reference collection of experimental studies to inform future projects
- Learn best practices for studio safety, care, and long-term preservation of painted works
What Are Some Benefits of Doing This Workshop?
- Experience six different paint mediums in one focused weekend
- Learn how each medium behaves through hands-on testing
- Understand how binders, surfaces, and drying times shape your results
- Make more confident material choices for your own artwork
- Expand your creative toolkit with new techniques and effects
- Gain practical insight you can apply across different painting styles
- Deepen your understanding of materials with helpful historical context
- Enjoy learning in a fun, supportive environment alongside fellow creatives
What You'll Take Home:
By the end of the weekend, students will have a collection of experimental studies and a clearer sense of which mediums best support their creative intentions.
About Your Tutor:
Marc has a background in film, starting at Shepparton Studio in the 1970s, art directing commercials. In New Zealand he continued working in film and theatre; a notable highlight designing several successful operas directed by renowned opera director Bernd Benthaak. Marc also has more than 20 years of sculpture and played a significant role in the Olympic sailing campaign.
Marc has been tutoring art at The Learning Connexion for over 25 years and is represented by Exhibitions Gallery in Wellington.
FAQs:
What do I need to bring?
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Ultramarine and raw sienna paints (Blue and a light earth colour)
- Cheap watercolour pad
- Small canvas
- Visual diary/notepad for note taking.
What will be provided?
- Ultramarine and raw sienna pigments (this is not paint!)
- Relevant binders
Ultramarine and raw sienna pigments can be purchased directly from the tutor in class if you want some more of your own!
Can anyone do this class?
Yes! This workshop is suitable for all levels, and absolutely beginner-friendly. If you love being creative, you’ll fit right in.
If you wish to cancel, email us at least 14 clear days before your class begins. You'll receive a full refund less an admin fee of $20 via the same payment method (e.g., credit card or Afterpay) if you cancel within this timeframe.
Unfortunately, refunds aren't available for cancellations with less than 14 days' notice, nor for missed classes within a series.
If you are required to bring specific supplies to this class you will be sent full details via email. Please make sure you keep the receive emails ticked at checkout to ensure you do not miss out on this information.
This class will be held on campus at The Learning Connexion located at 182 Eastern Hutt Road, Lower Hutt. Specific details of where on campus your class will be held will be sent to you the week prior to the commencement of your class
All our tutors are qualified and practicing artists who are skilled in specific art forms and regularly teach to support others in their own art practices.
Paint Media
